The German World Cup stadiums are safe.

This affects German football overall, but it isn't specifically a theme for the World Cup.

When one considers the fact that 2.7 million tickets have been sold and that around 15 million fans applied for tickets on the Internet, the proportion of those prepared to give up their tickets is only in the region of 2 percent.

The image this study gives our stadiums in Germany or abroad does not correspond at all to reality: these stadiums have in place the most efficient security measures possible.

With the end of the third sales phase, 2.6 million of the approximately 3 million available tickets have been sold, including 1.1 million to customers around the world through the official Web site.

Despite the enormous interest, those applying in the remaining two days do have a realistic chance of getting a FIFA World Cup ticket.